Thursday, November 6

Not Very Thunderful

You remember the Oklahoma City faithful, right? They were the ones who spent the past year deriding Sonic fans for not supporting their team enough, insulting us for not showing the respect inherently due to the great and glorious NBA, mocking us for having our heads so deep in our granola bowls and espresso cups we couldn’t appreciate the wonderfulness of David Stern’s universe.

Yeah, those people.

Well, less than one week into their lifetimes as NBA hosts, they couldn’t bother to sell out a Sunday night game.

I’ll say that again: Game 2 of the NBA Experience-Dust Bowl Version was not a sellout.

Hey, I get it, it was the Wolves. And, who knows, maybe the AP made a mistake and entered the numbers incorrectly for the attendance.

Um, yeah, that's likely.

But, for crying out loud, if you’re going to mock us every step of the way for being “fair-weather” fans, if you’re going to spend every last ounce of your energy insulting Seattle for lacking the balls to be a great NBA city, don’t you think you ought to step up when you get your chance?

When I first read this my thoughts were, "when was the last time the Soncics had three games in a row with that attendance. I'm actually kind of impressed. But we'll see how they hold up for a full season.

See, I was saying that going to a basketball game on the Sabbath is tantamount to heresy, and that finding 18,000 people who would choose basketball over the Lord should be a tough assignment in a faith based community like OKC but...

I should leave the use of satirical voice to the experts like Larry the Cable Guy. My apologies.

But, for crying out loud, if you’re going to mock us every step of the way for being “fair-weather” fans, if you’re going to spend every last ounce of your energy insulting Seattle for lacking the balls to be a great NBA city

Get a grip. How many okies actually did this? Go back to applauding our locals for not caving into the arena demands. Fuck'n'a!

another bombing in their town would drive those numbers below 50%..and since a republican didn't win the election, there gotta be a nut job conservative somewhere in Okie-ville who will do the honors..lets hope the team is not in town when it happens since they deserve better..

That's uncalled for. It's all in fun when we're ridiculing each other about basketball, but to make fun of children being killed by a terrorist is disgusting. Let's keep the tone focused on non-important things like the NBA.

OKC will support the team and make them financially viable. I still hate the Sonics/Thunder, and hope my Mavericks pull it together to make a run at the Western Conference. While I think it's a good thing my city has a team now, I also think it's a shame Seattle does not. Also, I have never heard anyone bad mouth Seattle at all in the last couple of years.

OKC is not as religious as you have been led to believe. Roughly 36% of the population even attends church, and not regularly. Yes, there are a lot of churches, but OKC as a religious "red" city is a staunch exaggeration.